Match-safe.



V. E. GOLDEN.

MATCH SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1909.

Patented May 24, 1910.

VICTOR E. G QLDE1 T, OF BYRON, NEBRASKA.

MATCH-SAFE,

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 26, 1909.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Serial No. 498,560.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR E. GOLDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Byron, in the county of Thayer and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and use ful Match-Safe; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention pertains to a new and use ful match safe, and the object of the inven tion is to provide a device of this design, comprising novel structural details, and which may be securely fastened to a counter or other suitable support in cigar stores or other places.

A further object is the provision of a movable tapering incasement or receptacle for the matches, and an upright standard having broad faces projecting from the base of the safe, upon which the receptacle is guided.

A further object is to provide means, in order that the receptacle may be removed for refilling the same.

The features and elements and the arrangement thereof for accomplishing the objects of this device or apparatus, may be changed and varied, that is to say, in an actual re duction to practice, the understanding, however, is that the changes and variations accruing from said reduction to practice are comprehended by the appended claim.

To obtain a full and correct understanding of the details of construction, combinations of features, elements and advantages, reference is to be had to the hereinafter set forth description and the accompanying drawings in connection therewith, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a matchsafe fastened to a suitable support, embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the match-safe. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View upon line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the upright standard having the broad faces, and a portion of the receptacle, showing the projection which is guided in the groove of the said standard. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View through a portion of the standard, showing the grooves therein.

Referring to the annexed drawings, 1 designates a suitable base which is designed to be securely fastened to a counter or other support 2, and from which a standard 3 projects. This standard, upon its side edges, is provided with grooves 4:, in which the projections 5 of the incasement or receptacle 6 are guided, as the receptacle is raised or lowered. The base of the standard projects beyond. either end of the receptacle 6, thereby providing protruding portions 7, by which the base is fastened to the support or counter, by suitable screws or other fastening means 8. This incasement or receptacle, in cross section, is tapering in contour, as shown, and is provided with a bottom 9, in which an elongated slot or opening 10 is formed, for the insertion of the said standard. The apex of the tapering portion of the incasement or receptacle is provided with an opening 11 of a length equal to the width of the said standard, through which the standard protrudes when the receptacle is in its lower most position, as shown in Fig. 1, in order that, when the receptacle has reached this lower most position, the match that is retained in the groove 12 of the upper edge of the said standard, may be removed. The upper edge of the standard, at substantially its central portion, is provided with finger recesses 13, in order to facilitate the removal of the match. Upon either side of the opening 11, the receptacle or incasement is also provided with recesses 14, which register with the recesses 18, in order to further expedite the removal of the match, as clearly shown in the drawings. The grooves 1 of the standard are provided with shoulders or abutments 15 to limit the upward movement of the receptacle or incasement; these shoulders or abutments are contacted with by the projections 55. The opening 10 is so formed as at 16, in order that it may be removed from the standard when one of the projections 5 cooperate with a recess 17, which communicates with one of the grooves 4, adjacent the upper portion of the standard.

From the foregoing, the essential features, elements and the operation of the device, together with the simplicity thereof, will be clearly apparent.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful, is

In a match safe, a base, a standard projecting therefrom having guideways or grooves, a receptacle movable upon the standard and provided with projections to enter the guideways, one of said guideways at its upper portion having a recess 17 said receptacle having a slot wider at one end In testimony whereof I have signed my than the other to receive said standard to name to this specification in the presence of 10 allow the receptacle a slfight lateral mbve two subscribing witnesses.

ment so as to move one o the projections o the receptacle through the recess 17 in order VICTOR GOLDEN to free the projection from itsguideway, Witnesses:

thereby allowing the receptacle to bere- C. C. KETCHUM,

moved from the standard. LURA L. HINCHMAN. 

